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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Examination achievements of pupils in Year 11/aged 15 by year (legacy data)

This cube covers data published in the Welsh Government's annual "Examination Results" release. From 2018/19 the Welsh government has introduced a new set of performance measures. As a result this report is no longer being updated. For the new measures please see the ‘Key Stage 4 Interim Measures by Year, from 2018/19’ table.

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Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Title

KS4 examination results - Key Performance measures

Last update

December 2018 December 2018

Next update

-

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Welsh Examinations Database, Welsh Government (via Awarding Organisations and a contracted collection body)

Source 2

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

This cube covers data published in the Welsh Government's annual "Examination Results" release. It provides information on the percentage of pupils in year 11/aged 15 achieving the key stage 4 key indicators. For more information see the Weblinks.

Data collection and calculation

The figures in this table are based on information collected from awarding organisations for the school performance exercise and have been checked by schools. Further information on the collection and calculation of this data can be found in the notes section of the Examination Results release (See Weblinks)

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

The data shown is collected annually after the end of year exams have been completed. The data is shown from 1996 and is updated each year to show the latest academic year's results. Each year refers to the academic year, for example from 1st of September 2014 to the 31st August 2015.

Users, uses and context

For more Information see the notes section of the Examination Results release (See Weblinks)

Rounding applied

Where applicable, numbers have been rounded to 1 decimal place.

Keywords

GCSE; Level thresholds; KS4